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Automatic Key Recognition

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Mon, 08/28/2017 - 10:32
David Barrett
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Figuring out the key a song is being played in is one of the challenges of being a musician. We study from recordings, and in most cases, information on the key is not available. I outline a method in Ryan Walker's lessons (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/contributor/ryan_walker), in Lesson 5, but there's a new program that will tell you the key. Drag and drop your song into Capo (http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/) and it will tell you the key. Out of all of the songs I've tested it has only been incorrect once, so not too bad of a track record. Use the harmonica position chart on the site (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/sites/bluesharmonica.com/files/private/Po...) to figure out which key of harmonica to use and you're good to go.

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